The Composition of Herman Melville

by Rick Mitchell

How do writers compose, and how are they in turn composed?

This play, which contains biographical information relating to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place.

The play admits the truth of Walter Benjamin's view of history as, "time filled by the presence of the now." Parallels between past and present (e.g., racism, domestic abuse, and the plight of the visionary American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841500674
• ISBN13: 9781841500676
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 104 Pages